linux-stable.git/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h, branch v5.4.285

perf/core: Add a new read format to get a number of lost samples

2023-12-13T17:18:15+00:00

[ Upstream commit 119a784c81270eb88e573174ed2209225d646656 ]

Sometimes we want to know an accurate number of samples even if it's
lost.  Currenlty PERF_RECORD_LOST is generated for a ring-buffer which
might be shared with other events.  So it's hard to know per-event
lost count.

Add event->lost_samples field and PERF_FORMAT_LOST to retrieve it from
userspace.

Original-patch-by: Jiri Olsa 
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220616180623.1358843-1-namhyung@kernel.org
Stable-dep-of: 382c27f4ed28 ("perf: Fix perf_event_validate_size()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf: correct SNOOPX field offset

2020-10-29T08:58:00+00:00

[ Upstream commit f3d301c1f2f5676465cdf3259737ea19cc82731f ]

perf_event.h has macros that define the field offsets in the
data_src bitmask in perf records. The SNOOPX and REMOTE offsets
were both 37. These are distinct fields, and the bitfield layout
in perf_mem_data_src confirms that SNOOPX should be at offset 38.

Fixes: 52839e653b5629bd ("perf tools: Add support for printing new mem_info encodings")
Signed-off-by: Al Grant 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4ac9f5cc-4388-b34a-9999-418a4099415d@foss.arm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data

2019-08-28T09:29:38+00:00

In some cases, ordinary (non-AUX) events can generate data for AUX events.
For example, PEBS events can come out as records in the Intel PT stream
instead of their usual DS records, if configured to do so.

One requirement for such events is to consistently schedule together, to
ensure that the data from the "AUX output" events isn't lost while their
corresponding AUX event is not scheduled. We use grouping to provide this
guarantee: an "AUX output" event can be added to a group where an AUX event
is a group leader, and provided that the former supports writing to the
latter.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190806084606.4021-2-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com

perf, bpf: Introduce PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT

2019-01-21T20:00:57+00:00

For better performance analysis of BPF programs, this patch introduces
PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT, a new perf_event_type that exposes BPF program
load/unload information to user space.

Each BPF program may contain up to BPF_MAX_SUBPROGS (256) sub programs.
The following example shows kernel symbols for a BPF program with 7 sub
programs:

    ffffffffa0257cf9 t bpf_prog_b07ccb89267cf242_F
    ffffffffa02592e1 t bpf_prog_2dcecc18072623fc_F
    ffffffffa025b0e9 t bpf_prog_bb7a405ebaec5d5c_F
    ffffffffa025dd2c t bpf_prog_a7540d4a39ec1fc7_F
    ffffffffa025fcca t bpf_prog_05762d4ade0e3737_F
    ffffffffa026108f t bpf_prog_db4bd11e35df90d4_F
    ffffffffa0263f00 t bpf_prog_89d64e4abf0f0126_F
    ffffffffa0257cf9 t bpf_prog_ae31629322c4b018__dummy_tracepoi

When a bpf program is loaded, PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL is generated for each
of these sub programs. Therefore, PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT is not needed
for simple profiling.

For annotation, user space need to listen to PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT and
gather more information about these (sub) programs via sys_bpf.

Signed-off-by: Song Liu 
Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Daniel Borkmann 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: kernel-team@fb.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190117161521.1341602-4-songliubraving@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf, bpf: Introduce PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL

2019-01-21T20:00:57+00:00

For better performance analysis of dynamically JITed and loaded kernel
functions, such as BPF programs, this patch introduces
PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL, a new perf_event_type that exposes kernel symbol
register/unregister information to user space.

The following data structure is used for PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL.

    /*
     * struct {
     *      struct perf_event_header        header;
     *      u64                             addr;
     *      u32                             len;
     *      u16                             ksym_type;
     *      u16                             flags;
     *      char                            name[];
     *      struct sample_id                sample_id;
     * };
     */

Signed-off-by: Song Liu 
Reviewed-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov 
Cc: Daniel Borkmann 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: kernel-team@fb.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190117161521.1341602-2-songliubraving@fb.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf/core: Remove unused perf_flags

2019-01-21T10:01:31+00:00

Now that perf_flags is not used we remove it.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Murray 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Mark Rutland 
Cc: Matt Turner 
Cc: Michael Ellerman 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Richard Henderson 
Cc: Russell King 
Cc: Sascha Hauer 
Cc: Shawn Guo 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Will Deacon 
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: robin.murphy@arm.com
Cc: suzuki.poulose@arm.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1547128414-50693-13-git-send-email-andrew.murray@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Don't clone maps from parent when synthesizing forks

2018-10-31T13:18:01+00:00

When synthesizing FORK events, we are trying to create thread objects
for the already running tasks on the machine.

Normally, for a kernel FORK event, we want to clone the parent's maps
because that is what the kernel just did.

But when synthesizing, this should not be done.  If we do, we end up
with overlapping maps as we process the sythesized MMAP2 events that
get delivered shortly thereafter.

Use the FORK event misc flags in an internal way to signal this
situation, so we can elide the map clone when appropriate.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Cc: Don Zickus 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Joe Mario 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181030.222404.2085088822877051075.davem@davemloft.net
[ Added comment about flag use in machine__process_fork_event(),
  use ternary op in thread__clone_map_groups() as suggested by Jiri ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf/UAPI: Clearly mark __PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN_EARLY as internal use

2018-09-10T08:03:02+00:00

Vince noted that commit:

  6cbc304f2f36 ("perf/x86/intel: Fix unwind errors from PEBS entries (mk-II)")

'leaked' __PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN_EARLY into the UAPI namespace. And
while sys_perf_event_open() will error out if you try to use it, it is
exposed.

Clearly mark it for internal use only to avoid any confusion.

Requested-by: Vince Weaver 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf/x86/intel: Fix unwind errors from PEBS entries (mk-II)

2018-07-25T09:46:21+00:00

Vince reported the perf_fuzzer giving various unwinder warnings and
Josh reported:

> Deja vu.  Most of these are related to perf PEBS, similar to the
> following issue:
>
>   b8000586c90b ("perf/x86/intel: Cure bogus unwind from PEBS entries")
>
> This is basically the ORC version of that.  setup_pebs_sample_data() is
> assembling a franken-pt_regs which ORC isn't happy about.  RIP is
> inconsistent with some of the other registers (like RSP and RBP).

And where the previous unwinder only needed BP,SP ORC also requires
IP. But we cannot spoof IP because then the sample will get displaced,
entirely negating the point of PEBS.

So cure the whole thing differently by doing the unwind early; this
does however require a means to communicate we did the unwind early.
We (ab)use an unused sample_type bit for this, which we set on events
that fill out the data->callchain before the normal
perf_prepare_sample().

Debugged-by: Josh Poimboeuf 
Reported-by: Vince Weaver 
Tested-by: Josh Poimboeuf 
Tested-by: Prashant Bhole 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) 
Cc: Alexander Shishkin 
Cc: Andy Lutomirski 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Linus Torvalds 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf/core: Store context switch out type in PERF_RECORD_SWITCH[_CPU_WIDE]

2018-04-17T12:47:39+00:00

Store preempting context switch out event into Perf trace as a part of
PERF_RECORD_SWITCH[_CPU_WIDE] record.

Percentage of preempting and non-preempting context switches help
understanding the nature of workloads (CPU or IO bound) that are running
on a machine;

The event is treated as preemption one when task->state value of the
thread being switched out is TASK_RUNNING. Event type encoding is
implemented using PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT_PREEMPT bit;

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Alexander Shishkin 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9ff84e83-a0ca-dd82-a6d0-cb951689be74@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo